Little Girl Of The Sea

We speak with Aki Papasarantis, sailor, member of the Filopappou Citizens’ Movement and the Movement for the Protection of the Islets.

Achlada and other nearby settlements at the foothills of Mount Kaimaktsalan are sending out an SOS. Residents find themselves held hostage by the private company Lignite Mines of Achlada S.A., owned by the Mytilineos Group. Three villages now stand like islands surrounded by lignite pits. Expropriations...

“Protected Areas of Europe Pass into Private Hands”(Source: ertnews.gr, by Evi Tsirigotaki) “Amazon Sets Foot on Greece’s Untrodden Mountains”(Source: reportersunited.gr, by Dafni Karavola, Evridiki Bersi, and Ioanna Petsiou) Enjoy listening! Tracklist: 1) Για πούλημα λοιπόν – Δήμος Μούτ...

...επειδή Μικρή χώρα είν' η Ελλάδα, Θαλασσινή χώρα, με Θεϊκά Βουνά ΑΡΠΑΓΗ ΓΗΣ & ΝΕΡΟΥ α) "Αρπαγή γεωργικής γης και νερού", του Χρίστου Τσαντήλα, Γεωπόνος, Δρ Εδαφολογίας, επιστημονικός συνεργάτης Ινστιτούτου ΕΝΑ (Πηγή: DOC TV) η) "Αρπαγή γης-νερού, η μόδα του παγκόσμιου κεφαλαίου αλώνει την Ελ...

For more than ten years now, the residents of Katerini have been unable to breathe due to the stench caused by poultry and livestock units located right next to the city’s residential fabric. Streams, farmland, and the atmosphere are all heavily burdened. What measures are being taken by the R...

A landscape of rare beauty—its flora, fauna, fertile fields, and immense history—is now under threat. Giant photovoltaic projects are planned for its lakeshores. Our guest is Christos Liakopoulos: municipal employee, active citizen, nature lover, hiker, and resident of Amaliada, with roots in Pen...

The program turns its attention to Piraeus, in conversation with the Environmental Observatory of Piraeus. Topics include traffic congestion, air, sea, and noise pollution, hotel-driven gentrification, housing issues, homelessness, the destruction of archaeological sites, and the shrinking of urban...

with Nikoleta Liakostavrou We speak about Chios for the third time. In the summer of 2024, official approaches began for reopening the mines in the Amani region. We discussed it in January and February, and within half a year, Chios was engulfed in flames. We talk with Ermioni Frezouli, member...

“The schooner of Stravos Anestis carries acorns to Trieste.” From the book “The Trees We Love, We Wound! An Ode to Three Trees: the Olive, the Oak, the Pine” by forest scientist Antonios Kapetanios. They are everywhere - or once were. In the Cyclades, Lemnos, Lesvos, Samos, Skyros, Patmos, Corfu, ...

Volos – Palestine & Setta – Central Evia EVIA: SETTA, Central EviaThe mountains are celebrating—and they’re inviting us. A 3-day Environmental Festival returns for a second year. We speak with Ilias Karampas, educator, MSc in Ecology and Environmental Management, President of the Board o...

CYCLADIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY Not just that... Taking as a starting point this lived experience of self-sufficiency and the richness that a place like Greece offers, teaches, and nourishes. Through the lens of little Paros, let’s reflect on how we used to live — and how we could still live and...

MOUNT OTHRYS (FTHIOTIDA) & AMFILOCHIA (ETOLIA-ACARNANIA) vs Wind Turbines and Photovoltaics OTHRYS: We speak with Stefanos Stamellos, retired OTE employee, economics graduate (University of Athens), activist, and representative of the regional political group “Ecology – Solidarity of Central Gre...

''Students from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) reconstruct the prehistoric table using charred seeds uncovered during excavations. Fish, grains like wheat and barley, as well as millet — domesticated in China as early as the 7th millennium BC — lentils, peas, grass peas, bitter vetch, fig...

In this episode, we turn our attention to the seemingly modest yet deeply valuable phrygana — the low, woody shrubs that define much of Greece’s dry landscape. “Shrubs to the Flame”, a text by Antonios Kapetanios, explores these unassuming plants that offer so much: they heal, they anchor the ear...

Little Girl of the Sea with Nikoletta Liakostavrou Sousaki: A 2.7-million-year-old volcano, just outside Athens.“Located only 65 km from Athens, Sousaki marks the northeastern edge of the active volcanic arc of the Aegean, formed by the upward movement of molten material from the subducting African p...

with Nikol Liakostavrou FISH FARMING: 9 reasons to reject farm-raised fish(Source: veganforlife-animals-planet-humans.blogspot.gr; translated article from Mind Body Green, author David Robinson Simon; site: enallaktikidrasi.com, among others.) Enjoy listening!

with Nikol Liakostavrou1. The Kroussia Mountains are once again under threat, with 31 wind turbines endangering forested peaks. 2. The fertile plain faces devastation from the installation of photovoltaic panels across thousands of hectares. 3. The small villages of Paionia—Eirinikos, Metamorfosi, P...

Hundreds of British soldiers, part of the British Expeditionary Force sent to support the Greek army in repelling the German invasion, found themselves trapped after the fall of Greece, desperately seeking a way to escape and survive. Many were captured by German forces and imprisoned at the “Pavlos M...